CVE-2007-6398

Exp

Flat PHP Board 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain limited access to an arbitrary user account via the fpb_username cookie.

Published: 2007-12-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6398 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.11%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6398

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4705 exploit_db edb 2007-12-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6398

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-03 2.56% 3.11% +0.56%
2 2025-11-23 2.30% 2.56% +0.26%
3 2025-11-20 2.30%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6398

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6398

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6398

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flat_php board <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:flat_php:board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6398

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